Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/21

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Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 Purchase
From: "Mark Kronquist" <mak@teleport.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 08:23:53 -0700

The Noct is bigggggg and heavy...Unless you really need  f1.4 (or 1.0) I
would save some money and add sharpness by going for the 35 and 50
Summicrons

Mark
- -----Original Message-----
From: Tarik Mackmood <Tarik.Mackmood@uab.ericsson.se>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Wednesday, October 21, 1998 6:02 AM
Subject: [Leica] M6 Purchase


>Hi everyone, I'm very new to Leica and would love any assistance i can
>get.
>
>I've just joined the list and want to ask the simplest of questions.
>This is related to my newly refinding my love for photography develpoed
>by borrowing an M6.
>
>This has led me to sell my Canon EOS fully auto camera and concentrate
>on buying a new M6 with the possibility of 4 lenses with it.
>
>Can someone explain why one would need the new x0.85 magnification
>factor, are there any benefits, and will i get no framing lines for a
>35mm lens or smaller?
>
>Secondly, which lenses should I go for? I can currently afford to go for
>3 lenses + body and this will expand over time. The Choice it to go for
>35mm f1.4 summilux, 50mm f1.4 summilux and f2 90mm summicron.
>
>Whats the differences between Summilux, summicron, and noctilux.
>If i budgeted to by the f1 octilux  50mm as my prime, would it work
>happily in its position as the prime lens?
>
>Thanks all in advance
>
>Tarik
>